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August 3, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 3, 2008, 2:29 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2008, 2:29 PM CDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2008, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 87 counties

Bremer County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Chickasaw County, IA, Clay County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Floyd County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Howard County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mitchell County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Winneshiek County, IA, Worth County, IA, Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Cottonwood County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mower County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pipestone County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Rock County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Brookings County, SD, Davison County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hanson County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lake County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, McCook County, SD, Miner County, SD, Minnehaha County, SD, Moody County, SD, Turner County, SD, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 10:13 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harrison, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury	62 min
Aug 2, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	4 hr
Aug 2, 11:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 20 more	92 min
Aug 2, 9:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Harding	62 min
Aug 3, 12:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Butte, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Edmunds, Harding and 4 more	8 hr
Aug 3, 4:10 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Brown, Campbell, Corson, Day, Edmunds, McPherson and 1 more	95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2008 Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2008 Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.